Data Privacy and GDPR for small business
Practical GDPR for freelancers and small businesses
Understand what matters, put the right systems in place, and keep up to date as technology, AI and guidance evolve.
Don’t make GDPR harder than it needs to be. Most small businesses don’t need corporate policies and endless paperwork. They need practical systems that fit the way they actually work.
Why GDPR matters
GDPR has grown up. It now appears in tenders, insurer small print, professional memberships, and in the expectations of clients who simply want to see you’re handling data properly. The ICO is preparing for sector audits too, which means the old days of “stick any privacy policy on your website and hope for the best” are over.
Insurers increasingly expect you to have the right documents and systems in place before they honour professional indemnity or cyber claims. Professional bodies are tightening their compliance requirements too, and most supply chains now expect you to demonstrate due diligence rather than rely on guesswork.
This isn’t box-ticking. It’s practical GDPR
Today the questions have changed, but the challenge remains the same.
As patterns emerge across our customers, we prioritise the platforms and technologies that matter to the greatest number of small businesses. We investigate the practical GDPR implications, explain them in plain English and use that knowledge to shape our blogs, programme updates and live sessions.
That means GDPR Online continues to evolve alongside the way small businesses actually work – helping you make informed decisions without spending hours searching for answers, trying to interpret technical guidance, or piecing together conflicting advice from different online sources. Most importantly, we’ll help you focus on what matters to your business, so you don’t waste time creating policies, procedures and paperwork you don’t actually need.
What's inside the Programme?
The programme isn’t about watching videos and then finding time to “do your GDPR later.” You work on your real business as you go — your own data, your own systems, your own processes. By the end, most of the practical work is already done.
Here’s what you get:
- Clear, jargon-free training that shows you what matters and what doesn't
- Templates and tools you can use immediately in your own business
- Step-by-step videos guiding you through each part of the process
- Updates as the law and ICO guidance evolve
- A completion certificate and website badge to help you show due diligence
- Unlimited access and group support for one year
- Optional paid Power Hours if you want one-to-one time (not included in the programme)
- Data Privacy Policy and AI Policy
What's Included
- 13 Modules covering:
- What is GDPR
- Data Lifecycle
- Simple Data Audit
- Special Category Data
- Securing your Data
- Locations
- Sharing data across borders
- Data privacy policy
- Individual rights
- Cookies and website compliance
- Data processing impact assessments
- Data retention
- Protecting children’s data
- Delivered through:
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- 5 hours of sensible video training
- Transcripts and Audio Downloads
- Quizzes to check your learning
- 12 clear checklists & downloads
- Data Privacy Policy and AI Policy Documents – fully editable
- 12 Monthly Live Webinars starting June 2026
- Access to replays on subjects that concern you
- One year’s group support on Facebook where you can ask unlimited questions
- One year’s free updates
- Certificate of completion and badge
BONUS:
- Data Privacy Policy Mini Course
- Premium Data Privacy Policy pack included
- AI Policy included
- Complaints Process Guidance included
- Complaints Form Checklist included
- Current complaints module wording
Which GDPR Programme do you need?
Click the tabs below to choose the most appropriate GDPR Programme for your business
GDPR Compliance for Virtual Assistants
Working as a VA is very different from being an employee you need to handle your own business data and your clients’ in different but compliant ways.
Keeping up with GDPR can feel overwhelming.
Guidance changes. Technology changes. AI changes. Your business changes.
And if you’ve never been the boss before, this is a whole new level of decision-making where you’re responsible.
This programme helps you understand what applies to your business, complete the documents you need and stay up to date without spending your weekends reading regulatory guidance.
Practical, supportive and designed specifically for freelancers and small service businesses.
You can explore the available options and check the FAQs linked under “Find Out More” for more details.
GDPR support for Small Business Owners
If you went on a course a few years ago, you’ll be suprised how things have changed. And if you are outsourcing to freelancers in the UK or overseas, there’s a lot you need to know.
Keeping up with GDPR can feel overwhelming.
Guidance changes. Technology changes. AI changes. Your business changes.
And if you’ve never been the boss before, this is a whole new level of decision-making where you’re responsible.
This programme helps you understand what applies to your business, complete the documents you need and stay up to date without spending your weekends reading regulatory guidance.
Practical, supportive and designed specifically for freelancers and small service businesses.
You can explore the available options and check the FAQs linked under “Find Out More” for more details.
GDPR Compliance for Marketing Professionals
If you are advising clients on what platforms to use and what data to collect you are going to find yourself wrestling with a lot of jarogn and updates.
Keeping up with GDPR can feel overwhelming.
Guidance changes. Technology changes. AI changes. Your business changes.
And if you’ve never been the boss before, this is a whole new level of decision-making where you’re responsible.
This programme helps you understand what applies to your business, complete the documents you need and stay up to date without spending your weekends reading regulatory guidance.
Practical, supportive and designed specifically for freelancers and small service businesses.
You can explore the available options and check the FAQs linked under “Find Out More” for more details.
GDPR Compliance for Children's Activity Providers
Nothing is more important than keeping childrens data secure but if you are not used to setting up your own systems and sharing data this can easily go wrong.
Keeping up with GDPR can feel overwhelming.
Guidance changes. Technology changes. AI changes. Your business changes.
And if you’ve never been the boss before, this is a whole new level of decision-making where you’re responsible.
This programme helps you understand what applies to your business, complete the documents you need and stay up to date without spending your weekends reading regulatory guidance.
Practical, supportive and designed specifically for freelancers and small service businesses.
You can explore the available options and check the FAQs linked under “Find Out More” for more details.
GDPR Compliance for Coaches & Trainers
Especially important for coaches & trainers working with professional or corporate data. Our GDPR support programme helps you meet your obligations without endless paperwork.
Keeping up with GDPR can feel overwhelming.
Guidance changes. Technology changes. AI changes. Your business changes.
And if you’ve never been the boss before, this is a whole new level of decision-making where you’re responsible.
This programme helps you understand what applies to your business, complete the documents you need and stay up to date without spending your weekends reading regulatory guidance.
Practical, supportive and designed specifically for freelancers and small service businesses.
You can explore the available options and check the FAQs linked under “Find Out More” for more details.
GDPR Compliance for Finance Experts
Finance data is high risk data and only that anti money launder data too. Never mind the increasing use of AI. What can you do to work safely?
Keeping up with GDPR can feel overwhelming.
Guidance changes. Technology changes. AI changes. Your business changes.
And if you’ve never been the boss before, this is a whole new level of decision-making where you’re responsible.
This programme helps you understand what applies to your business, complete the documents you need and stay up to date without spending your weekends reading regulatory guidance.
Practical, supportive and designed specifically for freelancers and small service businesses.
You can explore the available options and check the FAQs linked under “Find Out More” for more details.
Fully editable version is included as a Bonus COMPLETELY FREE with any of the above GDPR Online Programmes
Data Privacy Policy
Updated for 2026 GDPR complaints requirements. This data privacy policy pack includes:
- Data Privacy Policy
- AI Policy
- Complaints Process Guidance
- Data Privacy Complaints Form Checklist
- Mini Training Programme
- Support and Updates and relevant live sessions during your support period
- Facebook Group Support
— so you’re not left guessing or struggling on your own with confusing jargon.
Already purchasing the GDPR Support Programme? There’s no need to add this to your cart — it’s already included at Premium level.
Purchasing separately? You can explore the available options and check the FAQs linked under “Starts at £15 plus VAT” for options details.
GDPR Health Check
If you don’t have the time (or the inclination) to work through a course, you need someone to look at what’s really going on in your business and give you a straight answer. The GDPR Health Check does exactly that. You get a detailed, done-for-you report showing where you’re compliant, where the gaps are, and what needs to happen next.
- you handle sensitive or high-risk data — children’s information, financial data, or health details — and you can’t afford to get this wrong
- you’re growing, franchising, or scaling and want a compliant model you can duplicate before you roll out
- you trained on GDPR years ago and haven’t looked at your systems since
- you’re adopting new platforms or AI tools and need to understand what they mean for your data responsibilities
It’s the fast, practical way to get clarity — and let someone else do the digging.
A GDPR Health Check starts from £650 + VAT
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